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To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything.

Quote by Albert Camus about philosophy, sun, indifference, history

I wasn't involved, except to the degree that they sent me drafts of the script as the writer turned them in. They asked me at one point to write a memo about what I thought of it.

Quote by Michael Chabon about writers, thinking

That was all very nice of them. They didn't have to do anything because I wasn't officially involved at all.

Quote by Michael Chabon

I competed in the high jump in high school, but I wasn't very good. My technique was to stand around looking intimidating because I was so tall.

Quote by Geena Davis about school, good, good luck

I regret that I wasn't the kind of person who could enjoy celebrity. It embarrassed me too much.

Quote by Julie Christie about celebrity, regret, people

The actual work wasn't something I was personally involved in, except in terms of the terror I felt.

Quote by Julie Christie about fear, work

When I first started, I wasn't really into movies that much unless it was an action-packed, gunslinger with naked women here and there.

Quote by Josh Duhamel about action

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there. ' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

Quote by Clint Eastwood about old, olderness, nothing

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.

Quote by Eminem about contentment

Yeah, I did see where the people dissing me were coming from. But, it's like, anything that happened in the past between black and white, I can't really speak on it, because I wasn't there. I don't feel like me being born the color I am makes me...

Quote by Eminem about people, magic, past, being

Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.

Quote by Jackie Collins

I have drifted away from thinking about these philanthropic things. And it was only as the wealth got large enough and Melinda and I had talked about the view that that wealth wasn't something that would be good to just pass to the children.

Quote by Bill Gates about wealth, thinking, children, things, good, good luck

I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software.

Quote by Bill Gates about nation, people

I wanted to play piano, and that slid quickly into writing - it wasn't enough to play other people's notes: I had to write notes too.

Quote by Luc Ferrari about writing, people

Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive.

Quote by Luc Ferrari about teachers

I was still making movies so it wasn't as if I were working in a bar, but they were independent films that couldn't find distributors.

Quote by Linda Fiorentino

Man Without a Face was a good stepping-off point, but it wasn't without its own set of difficulties. The main ingredient for me as a director on that film was preparation, and that's what I carried over to this one.

Quote by Mel Gibson about difficulties, film, good, good luck, man, face

Well, I think any time you delve into this sort of religion, politics, as you well know, you're going to, you know, touch a few nerves. I wasn't - now - and this is the honest truth.

Quote by Mel Gibson about politics, religion, contentment, truth, time

Her heart was in the right place, but her head wasn't.

Quote by Peter Fonda about heads, heart, rightness

I wasn't really aware that my father was working for quite a while. I thought it was my mother who had all the money!

Quote by Peter Fonda about mother, money, thinking